BOSNIAN CROATS WITHDRAW FROM OSCE MEDIA SUBCOMMISSION

SUBCOMMISSION $ MOSTAR, Sept 8 (Hina) - Croat members of the Subcommission for the Media at the OSCE Mostar Office Milan Vego and Kresimir Sego announced on Monday they were no longer participating in the work of that body. In a statement sent to the head of the Media Subcommission, Frederike Seidel, they said their decision was prompted by statements by OSCE officials published in Moslem-run media which were detrimental to the Bosnian Croats. "We are surprised by disinformation in Bosniak (Moslem) media, launched not by accident on the eve of municipal elections in Bosnia- Herzegovina, in which the Croats of Bosnia-Herzegovina are vilified," the statement said. They said that "the OSCE is deliberately doing damage" to the Croats and that they could not participate in the work of the Subcommission "until the OSCE's role is clarified." (hina) vm 082239 MET sep 97